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A. SEDGWIGK..

RULING MAGHINB.

Patented Oct. 16, 1888.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO SEDGVIOK, OF POUGI-IKEEPSIE, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO D. II. BURRELL & COMPANY, OF LITTLE FALLS, NEV YORK.

RULINGIVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,278, dated October 16, 1888.

Application filed Juno S2, 1887. Serial No. 240,055.

T LZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALONZO SnDewrcK, of the city of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvementin Ruh ing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of rulingmachines which are provided with thin revolv- 1C ing rings or disks, to which theink is applied and whereby the lines are formed upon the paper, said ruling rings or disks operating in conjunction with rollers having supporting rings or collars, against which the paper rests in passing over the rulingrings,and which are arranged opposite the spaces between the ruling-rings.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of these supporting-rollers so that they can be produced at comparatively small expense, and so that their rings can be easily adj usted.

My invention consists to that end of the improvements which will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a rulingmachineprovidedwith myimprovements. Fig. 2isasectional elevation ofaruling-cylinder and a supporting-roller. Fig. 3 is a cross section of the supporting-roller inlinea; @0,Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation showing a modiiied construction of the supporting-cylinder. Fig. 5 is a cross section in line x x, Fig. 4.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the frame ofthe machine, and a the feed-tapes which convey the paper tothe machine.

B represents the lower ruling-cylinder, and O the supporting-roller arranged above the same.

D represents the lower ink-fountain; ZZ, the ink-roller arranged in the same; and E,the intei-mediate roller, which transfers the ink from the ink-roller to the ruling-cylinder B.

F represents the upper ruling-cylinder, and G the supporting-roller arranged below the same.

5o H represents the upper ink-fountain; h, the

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termediate roller,which transfers the ink from theink-roller h to the upper ruling-cylinder,F.

K represents the recei vi ng-tablc, upon which the sheets are delivered from the ruling mechanism. v

The supporting-rollers C and Gare each provided with rings Z, which are detachably se cured to the faces of these rollers. To this end the rings are constructed of elastic material, 6o which permits them to be slipped in place on the rollers and holds them in position. These supporting-rings Z are preferably constructed of soft rubber,in which case they are made endless, as represented in Figs. 2 and 3. The elas- 65 tic character of these rings permits their edges to yield slightly as the paper passes between the supportingrings and the ruling-disks, which stand opposite the spaces between said rings, and prevents the cutting or creasing of 7o the paper when sufficient pressure is exerted by the ruling-disks to form a solid unbroken line. If desired, the rings Z can be constructed of metal and split, as represented in Figs. 4 and 5. In this case the rings-are turned out to a slightlysmaller inner diameter than the outer surface of the roller, whereby the rings are caused to bind on the roller. rthe rings are arranged on the supporting-rollers so as to stand opposite the spaces between the rul- 8o ing-rings m of the ruling-cyliuders, as rep resented in Fig. 2. The rings Z are easily adjusted on the rollers O and G, as the position of the ruling-rings may require, the latter being preferably permanently secured to their cylinders by soldering or otherwise. By this means the supporting-rings can be arranged on their cylinder to correspond with the arrangement ofthe ruling-disks when the rulingcylinder is removed and replaced by another 9c in changing from one kind of work to another, thus enabling one supporting-roller to be used with a variety of ruling-cylinders. My improved construction ofthe supporting-rollers also permits the rings to be removed and to be replaced by wider or narrower rings when it becomes necessary to reduce or increase the width of the spaces between the rings as the particular kind of paper and the particular kind of ink used may render necessary in orroc der to produce uniform and unbroken lines.

I claim as my invention 2 seris 1. The combination, in a ruling-macbine,of

and a roller provided on its cylindrical surface a series of ruling devices arranged side by side,

with projecting rings of soft rubber held by and a roller provided with elastic paper-supfrictional contact on the surface of the roller porting rings mounted upon the cylindrical and separated by intervening open spaces, 15 surface of the roller and held by frictional con- I substantially as set forth.

tact thereon,whereby the rings can be adjusted Vitness my hand this 26th day ofMay,1887. laterally on the roller as the position of the o ruling devices may require, substantially as set ALON ZO SEDGWICK forth. u Witnesses:

2. The combination, in a ruling-machine, of J. I. VAKELEE, a series of ruling devices arranged side by side, E. W. CUNDY. 

